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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Methadone, a drug used to treat people addicted to heroin and other opioid drugs, holds promise as a new treatment for leukemia, especially treatment-resistant leukemia, according to results of a study.



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(London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) Eating oily fish once a week may reduce age-related macular degeneration which is the major cause of blindness and poor vision in adults inwestern countries and the third cause of global blindness, according toa study published today in the American Jo read more »
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Harvard scientists say they have created stems cells for 10 genetic disorders, which will allow researchers to watch the diseases develop in a lab dish. read more »
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(Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) Scientists in Berlin are using a new method to resolve the structure of uncharged gold nano particles. read more »
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Snack lovers, rejoice: Munching on potato chips just got a little healthier. read more »
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - For most people, the first experimental drags on a cigarette bring on nausea, coughing and other signals from the brain that say, "Turn back. This is a bad idea." But for some, they bring a wave of pleasure.



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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Prostate cancer diagnosis tends to be delayed and surgical treatment more difficult in obese men than in lean men, according to two studies published Friday.



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(University Hospital Heidelberg) In an animal model of multiple sclerosis, neuroradiologists and neurologists of the University hospitals of Heidelberg and Würzburg have been able to visualize inflammatory tissue damage, most of which had remained unrecognized up to now, with the aid of a new contr read more »
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U.S. health officials warned the public on Friday about the risk of a rare type of muscle injury seen when the cholesterol drug simvastatin is combined with the anti-arrhythmia medicine amiodarone. read more »
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